Anonymous Members of FBI Team Investigating Clinton: The "Vast Majority" of Us Thought She Should be Charged; This Was a "Top-Down" Decision from Comey and Lynch

When anyone begins claiming he had no choice but to do what he has done, and begins to claim his underlings and advisors dictated the choice, sit up straight and prick up your ears, because he's almost certainly lying.

Decisions that can be justified on the merits are justified on the merits.

When you can't justify them on the merits, you start claiming "my generals told me to let ISIS run rampant over the Middle East" or "all of my investigators said we shouldn't charge Hillary."

The source, who spoke to FoxNews.com on the condition of anonymity, said FBI Director James Comey’s dramatic July 5 announcement that he would not recommend to the Attorney General’s office that the former secretary of state be charged left members of the investigative team dismayed and disgusted. More than 100 FBI agents and analysts worked around the clock with six attorneys from the DOJ’s National Security Division, Counter Espionage Section, to investigate the case.

“No trial level attorney agreed, no agent working the case agreed, with the decision not to prosecute -- it was a top-down decision,” said the source, whose identity and role in the case has been verified by FoxNews.com.

A high-ranking FBI official told Fox News that while it might not have been a unanimous decision, “It was unanimous that we all wanted her [Clinton’s] security clearance yanked.”

“It is safe to say the vast majority felt she should be prosecuted,” the senior FBI official told Fox News. “We were floored while listening to the FBI briefing because Comey laid it all out, and then said ‘but we are doing nothing,’ which made no sense to us.”